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Catalan Separatists Win Vote, Preventing Rajoy's Bid to Solve Crisis

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On Friday, Reuters reported that separatists are on track to regain power in Catalonia, after voters rejected Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s attempt to strip its independence movement. With well over 99 percent of votes from Thursday’s parliamentary election counted, separatist parties had secured a slim majority. With Catalonia accounting for a fifth of its economy, Spain had already trimmed growth forecasts for 2018, and the prospect of prolonged uncertainty worries business leaders.

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